The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world

Name

Herouodj/Horouonchios, saint with cult at Aphrodito and Hermopolis

Saint ID

S01187

Gender

Male

Type of Saint

Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints

Related Evidence Records

ID	Title
E02156	Coptic receipt for rent, issued by the shrine of *Herouodj (saint with cult at Aphrodito and Hermopolis, S01187), probably from the area of Hermopolis (Middle Egypt); datable to the 8th century.
E02158	Coptic will from the area of Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), mentioning among other beneficiaries 'the altar of *Herouodj' (saint with cult at Aphrodito and Hermopolis, S01187); datable to the 7th century.
E02208	Greek fiscal document from the area of Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), mentioning payments made by a small oratory of *Horouonchios (saint with cult at Aphrodito and Hermopolis, S01187); dated either to the year 618/619 or 633/634
E02209	Greek account of a meat seller, from the area of Hermopolis, mentioning an institution dedicated to *Horouonchios (saint with cult at Aphrodito and Hermopolis, S01187); datable to the 6th/7th century.
E02210	Greek deed of surety from the village of Aphrodito (Upper Egypt), mentioning a sub-deacon of a monastery of Apa *Horouonchios (saint with cult at Aphrodito and Hermopolis, S01187) as a guarantor; dated 552/553.
E02211	Greek list of taxpayers from the village of Aphrodito (Upper Egypt), mentioning a presbyter from an institution dedicated to Apa *Horouonchios (saint with cult at Aphrodito and Hermopolis, S01187); datable to the 6th century.
E02212	Fragmentary list in Greek of saints' days, evidently for the month of December, presumably from the area of Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), with entries for Severos (bishop of Antioch, ob. 538, S00262), Kopres (martyr of Egypt under Julian, S01190), Peter (bishop and martyr of Alexandria, S00247), Gregory the Illuminator (converter of Armenia, S00251), Horouonchios (saint with cult at Aphrodito and Hermopolis, S01187), Sarapion, (Egyptian martyr from Panephosi, §S02038), and *Drosis (virgin and martyr of Antioch, S01189), as well as various unnamed martyrs (S00060); datable to the 7th/8th century.